Orchids - Gallery 7

"The numerous devices to secure the application of the pollen to the stigma are often
elaborate, indeed in certain cases they may be regarded as almost human in their ingenuity."eminent Australian orchidologist, the late R. S. Rogers

Bee OrchidsDiuris laxiflora

CowslipCaladenia flava

Crystal Brook Star OrchidThelymitra magnifica

"It is not hard to think of these plants as active, intelligent beings when their mechanisms
appear to be the result of knowledge, planning and artful preparations of a means to an end."Orchids of the West - Rica Erickson